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Skeptoid #435: The St. Clair Triangle UFO

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2014

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In 2000, Illinois police chased what has come to be known as the St. Clair Triangle UFO. We found out what it was.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In researching this episode, I spoke with an old timer who had worked forever at a company

0:08.3

that does advertising blimps.

0:10.7

We spoke of the many times their blimps with their brightly lighted displays on the side

0:15.1

had been responsible for UFO reports.

0:18.2

Today we're going to find out what connection there might be to that and to a very famous

0:22.5

UFO case from Illinois in the year 2000, the St. Clair Triangle UFO.

0:29.6

It's coming right up, UnSkeptoid.

0:37.1

You're listening to Skeptoid.

0:38.6

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

0:42.0

The St. Clair Triangle UFO.

0:45.7

It was a bitterly cold winter morning on January 5, 2000 in St. Clair County, Illinois.

0:52.7

At just 4 o'clock in the morning, it was black as pitch and more than three hours before

0:56.8

sunrise.

0:58.2

And the streets were correspondingly deserted.

1:01.3

But today we're going to study what is said to have happened over the next 45 minutes

1:05.2

or so, involving at least four police officers from four different towns, speeding down

1:10.7

the highways, chattering on their radios, and pursuing what would become considered by some

1:15.6

to be one of the most elusive UFOs in history.

1:19.4

It's become known as the St. Clair Triangle case, and it's had UFOlogists scratching their

1:25.0

heads ever since.

1:28.4

In all, seven people saw the object, including four police officers, due to the wee hours

1:34.0

not many people other than police officers were up and about.

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